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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]
The name "Blue Jays" came about in 1976, when the team held a "name the team" contest, which involved more than 4,000 suggestions. [33] 154 people suggested the name "Blue Jays" and Dr. William Mills, a periodontist from Etobicoke, was selected from a draw as the grand winner. Mills stated that it was traditional for a Toronto-based sports team ...
Example: "Banged up Braves ready for playoff rematch with Astros." A bang-up game is an exciting or close game. Example from a sports headline: "A Real Bang-Up Finish." A bang bang play is one in which the runner is barely thrown out, a very close call, typically at first base. Perhaps reflecting the "bang" of the ball in the first-baseman's ...
Team is almost shovel-ready, but a trade of Dylan Cease before he enters his walk year could waylay all kinds of stuff currently written in pencil. Potential solution : Alex Verdugo, free agent OF ...
Using Indigenous names and mascots, like the former Washington Football Team name, extends beyond racial insensitivity; it reinforces colonialism and erases Indigenous identity and land. [1] Such practices maintain the power relationship between the dominant culture and the Indigenous culture, and can be seen as a form of cultural imperialism. [4]
He will seek access for the OPCW's Investigation and Identification Team. That unit and a joint U.N.-OPCW mechanism have already identified Syria's armed forces as having used chemical weapons ...
Nearly 40% of 18- to 24-year-olds surveyed names New York City as the most overpriced housing market in the country. Despite higher wages, the cost of living in New York, including housing ...
The nickname "Mets" was adopted: being a natural shorthand to the club's corporate name, the "New York Metropolitan Baseball Club, Inc.", [19] [20] [21] which hearkened back to the "Metropolitans" (a New York team in the American Association from 1880 to 1887), [1] and its brevity was advantageous for newspaper headlines.